Driverless cars, or “fully autonomous” vehicles could be on the UK’s roads in the late 2020s, according to a Government report.
However, before technology reaches that stage, vehicles will become available which can undertake increasingly large proportions of journeys autonomously – known as “high automation” – while still requiring that a driver takes manual control some of the time.
That’s the conclusion of a Department for Transport review, carried out over the past six months, which considered the best and safest ways to trial automated vehicles where an individual is ready to take control of the car if necessary.
On Sunday it became an offence punishable with a prison sentence of up to 12 months for phoning, texting or accessing the web while driving – but only if you live in Singapore…read more
The Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme (FORS) is going national with the decision that Transport for London (TfL) has selected AECOM as the concessionaire to take over the management and operation of initiative. TfL-developed FORS in 2008 to improve road safety and help reduce the wider environmental and traffic impacts of freight and fleet operations. […]
Demand from employers for administratively simple but robust validation of employees’ driving licences will increase with the 2015 abolition of the paper counterpart to the photocard driving licence.
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Sam Bowman has become the first employee at leading fleet and asset management software company Jaama to gain an Institute of Car Fleet Management (ICFM) qualification.
The data analyst achieved a pass with credit after completing the ICFM’s Introductory Certificate in Car Fleet Management.
Sam has worked at Jaama for eight years and started the ICFM course earlier this year to gain an even greater understanding of fleet management and the issues and challenges faced by professional transport decision-makers.
Sam, who started with Jaama as a first line support assistant progressing to a second line support assistant prior to being further promoted to a data analyst, provides support to customers to overcome complex data issues.
Jaama has strengthened its senior management team as the leading fleet software management company targets UK and international growth in 2015.
Last year (2014) Jaama recorded a 17% increase in revenue as an ever-increasing number of organisations utilise web-enabled technology to manage their fleet and transport operations.
UK expansion has assisted Jaama become an international provider of asset management software systems that manage all aspects of fleet, plant, rental, leasing, maintenance and repair and a wide range of ancillary requirements.
In addition to UK market growth, which has been led by managing director Martin Evans, chief executive Jason Francis has focused on expansion in:
- Australia, where a head office in Sydney has been established and sales of Jaama’s industry-leading Key2 Vehicle Management software have exceeded expectations
- The United States of America, where the first systems are being delivered, the most significant into one of the country’s largest organisations
- Europe and the Middle East, where there has been a significant increase in sales with a number of major new contracts won.
The number of alternatively fuelled vehicles on the UK’s roads will rise in 2015 with forward-thinking corporate fleets expected to be the first to use hydrogen fuelled cars.
Toyota has already announced that its first mass-produced hydrogen fuel cell car, the Mirai, will go on sale in the UK in September.
Furthermore, support for pure electric vehicles and hybrids from global car makers has now reached a crucial tipping point, with the involvement of mainstream manufacturers helping to support credibility and drive interest in the sector.
The Association For Driving Licence Verification (ADLV) has responded to reports that the date for the abolition of the paper counterpart to the current driving licence has been delayed. In their view the delay is irrelevant as the time for many fleets to change their processes is now. This reflects a recognition by the Association […]